At least 71 people have been killed and 289 wounded in an Israeli Air Attack on the Al-Mawasi Refugee Camp, West of Khan Younis.

Al-Mawasi, near the City of Khan Yunis, was designated as one of the safe zones by Israel after it ordered civilians to evacuate other parts of the Gaza Strip.

Fleets of ambulances rushed casualties to the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, the Kuwaiti field Hospital in Rafah and other nearby clinics.

Gaza's civil defence agency said ongoing shelling had prevented its teams from reaching victims in the tent city where tens of thousands have sought refuge.

Al-Mawasi had been declared a safe zone by Israel as it pursues its military offensive in other parts of the Gaza strip.

Israeli forces are accused of deliberately targeting displaced Palestinians in Gaza City where dozens of bodies have been recovered after attacks in the City’s Tal Al-Hawa neighbourhood.

The UN Palestinian Relief Agency, UNRWA, has estimated that up to 1.5 million people may now be in the whole Al-Mawasi District.

The head of the Kuwait field hospital, called the attack "a real massacre".

He said there were many "severe injuries including amputations and lacerations of internal organs".

Health sources said a real disaster is happening now amid the collapse of the healthcare system.

The strike came on the 281st day of the war unleashed by Israel on Gaza.

Israel's military offensive has claimed at least 38,345 lives in Gaza, mostly civilians.